Chess legends to play again 25 years after famous battle5 hours agoAFP 7-09-09 MOSCOW (AFP) — Chess legends Garry Kasparov and Anatoli Karpov are to relive their epic 1984 world championship duel 25 years on by contesting a new...
Teaching 2nd and 3rd graders
Ex-NFL MVP Alexander taking ‘tour for Jesus’By JOHN ZENORAPSPORTS WRITER MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Shaun Alexander fills his days with a mix of the spiritual and physical. The former NFL MVP is on a nine-city tour speaking at churches, clubs...
Missed opportunities
Position after 51…Kg8 Naiditsch played well and obtained a winning position. But a series of inaccurate moves allowed Jakovenko to escape with a draw. [Date “2009.07.09”][Round “7”][White “GM Naiditsch”][Black “GM Jakovenko”][Result “1/2-1/2”][ECO “B35”][WhiteElo “2697”][BlackElo “2760”] 1. e4 c5 2....
Lightning quick chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? kr6/r6p/8/5q2/8/p6P/6RK/7B w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nakamura maintains lead at Donostia
Round 3 results: Vallejo Pons, Francisco – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam ½-½ Svidler, Peter – Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 Ponomariov, Ruslan – Granda Zuniga, Julio 1-0 San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo – Movsesian, Sergei ½-½ Standings after...
The state of the USCF
Under the leadership of USCF President Bill Goichberg, Vice President Jim Berry, VP of Finance Randy Bauer and Executive Director Bill Hall, the USCF lost approximately 1,500 members (according to Mike Nolan) in February in comparison to 12 months...
The Bobby Ang column
FIDE rating listBy Bobby AngFriday, July 10, 2009 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES The World Chess Federation, known under its chess acronym of Federacion Internationale des Echecs, or FIDE, has just released its July 2009 rating list. Here is the new...
Eugen Schackmann: „Obertsadtdirektor Imhoff gab entscheidenden Rückenwind”
Official website: http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de/cms/ Sparkassen Chess-Meeting Eugen Schackmann: „Obertsadtdirektor Imhoff gab entscheidenden Rückenwind” Im Rahmen der geschichtlichen Aufarbeitung des Themas „Schach in Dortmund” widmen die heutigen Veranstalter das Sparkassen Chess-Meeting seit dem vergangenen Jahr einer Persönlichkeit, ohne die das internationale...
Revised SPNI Schedule
Schedule July 25 5:00pm: “Warm-Up” Quads (G/30) at the English Building (R1 at 6pm) July 26 1:30pm–2:30pm: Opening Ceremony – Frazier Alumni Pavilion 3:00pm–6:30pm: Round 1 of SPNI – Frazier 8:00pm Movie Night at the English Building July 27...
Dortmund round 7
Carlsen, Magnus – Leko, Peter [C88]Dortmund GER (7), 09.07.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.a4 b4 9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Nbd2 Bd6 13.a5 h6 14.Bc4 Re8 15.Nb3 Be6...